SMITHS CONCRETE LIMITED
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Cash
£3M
+90.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£778K
-83.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
59
-6.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4M
-1.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,729,265 | £17,315,489 | £17,574,644 | +1.5% | |
| Operating profit | £132,035 | -£3,915,215 | -£3,968,641 | -1.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £450,235 | -£3,908,289 | -£3,977,888 | -1.8% | |
| Net profit | £402,166 | -£3,711,586 | -£3,977,888 | -7.2% | |
| Cash | £1,816,663 | £1,562,239 | £2,972,803 | +90.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,424,735 | £8,502,909 | £4,283,076 | -49.6% | |
| Net assets | £8,467,611 | £4,756,025 | £778,137 | -83.6% | |
| Equity | £8,467,611 | £4,756,025 | £778,137 | -83.6% | |
| Average employees | 71 | 63 | 59 | -6.3% | |
| Wages | £2,661,378 | £2,412,143 | £2,384,956 | -1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £81,660 | £55,712 | £8,667 | -84.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | -22.6% | -22.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | -21.4% | -22.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.3% | -46.0% | -92.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.3% | 58.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.32x | 1.59x | 0.96x | |
| Interest cover | 4.42x | -94.65x | -98.01x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Company's ultimate parent undertaking, Heidelberg Materials AG which indirectly owns the Company's entire share capital, has committed to continue to support the Company for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, in order that it can meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “After the year end the Company entered into licencing agreements with a fellow group undertaking, Mick George Limited. Under the agreements Mick George Limited has been granted the rights to extract, process and sell minerals from operational land and has the right to deposit permitted waste within the voids at the properties, effective as of 1 January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, Wendy Fiona | Secretary | 2016-03-17 | — | — |
| GRETTON, Edward Alexander | Director | 2024-10-09 | Jul 1970 | British |
| NAPIER, Gordon Alexander | Director | 2024-01-22 | Dec 1977 | British |
| QUILEZ SOMOLINOS, Alfredo | Director | 2024-01-22 | Jul 1967 | Spanish |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COBBING, Richard Charles | Secretary | 2004-03-01 | 2005-07-01 |
| DRANSFIELD, Graham | Secretary | 2007-12-10 | 2008-06-30 |
| HOGAN, Ellen Marie | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2006-06-21 |
| MCINTYRE, Clare | Secretary | 1995-08-09 | 1996-07-22 |
| MUMFORD, Samantha Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2001-11-08 | 2004-03-01 |
| PLUMB, David | Secretary | 1996-07-22 | 2001-11-08 |
| TUNNACLIFFE, Paul Derek | Secretary | 2006-06-21 | 2007-12-10 |
| TYSON, Roger Thomas Virley | Secretary | 2008-07-31 | 2016-03-17 |
| WHITE, Paul Matthew | Secretary | — | 1995-08-09 |
| BROWN, David England | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| CLAYDON, James Alexander | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| COLE, Steven Robert George | Director | 2001-02-08 | 2002-08-31 |
| DAY, Gareth James | Director | 2019-12-31 | 2024-10-08 |
| FERNLEY, Simon Roger | Director | 2000-02-03 | 2001-09-28 |
| HARRIS, Duncan Ian | Director | 2005-08-11 | 2006-12-05 |
| HENTALL, Ewen Damian | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2008-02-07 |
| HOPKINS, John Kenneth | Director | 2001-11-08 | 2003-12-31 |
| JONES, David Terence | Director | 1995-01-09 | 2001-02-08 |
| LAST, Terence Robert | Director | — | 1995-01-01 |
| MORRISH, Jonathan Peter, Dr | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2009-06-01 |
| SCHACHT, Philip John | Director | 2005-08-11 | 2008-09-01 |
| SMITH, Andrew William | Director | — | 2024-01-22 |
| SMITH, David John | Director | — | 2021-08-04 |
| SMITH, Peter John | Director | 1992-07-15 | 1999-12-31 |
| SMITH, Simon Charles | Director | — | 2024-01-22 |
| SNAPE, Ross William | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-08-11 |
| STUBBS, Charles Andrew | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2024-04-09 |
| TAYLOR, John Robert | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-08-11 |
| WARDLE, Ian Derek | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanson Quarry Products Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-04-15 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-04 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-25 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.